CVE-2026-8973
Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 151
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- May 19, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- Reserved
- May 19, 2026
Description
Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 150. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat-SADP |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FirefoxMozilla |
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ThunderbirdMozilla |
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References
- Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 151
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-50/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8973vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2479864issue-tracking
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8973.json
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